Aesthetic Education in the Era of Globalization

Informationen zum Autor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is University Professor at Columbia University and a trainer of elementary school teachers in West Bengal. Klappentext The world¿s most renowned critical theorist¿who defined the field of postcolonial studies¿has radically reoriented her thinking. Finding the neat polarities of tradition and modernity, colonial and postcolonial, no longer sufficient, she argues that aesthetic education is the last available instrument for implementing global justice and democracy. Zusammenfassung The world’s most renowned critical theorist—who defined the field of postcolonial studies—has radically reoriented her thinking. Finding the neat polarities of tradition and modernity, colonial and postcolonial, no longer sufficient, she argues that aesthetic education is the last available instrument for implementing global justice and democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Gayatri Ch. Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.05.2013
• EAN: 9780674072381
• ISBN: 978-0-674-07238-1
• No. of pages: 624
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Globalization, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Philosophy, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics, Literary studies: general, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education